How Do We Curate Multiple Types of Mediums?

CMDC student Michael Klase performing at “Loud & Clear,” North Bank Artists Gallery, April 2012; photo by Nicole Buckner

The Changing Scene• Digital objects, particularly those that require audience

intervention or participation, are changing museums & galleries exhibitions

• Exhibition spaces now take many different forms

• Possibilities for curating have expanded due to digital media

“Circle” produced by Caitlin Fisher is a digital story created as an augmented reality environment; photo by Kerri Lingo

Material Practice: Three types

Virtual works in physical spaces

Physical works in virtual spaces

Daniel Howe’s work in the UWV downtown library at “Electrifying Literature,” in Morgantown, WV, June 2012; photo by Kerri Lingo

John Barber’s Brautigan.net archive of the of American writer Richard Brautigan

Second Life Art Nouveau Museum

Virtual works in virtual spaces

Curating in digital mediated situations adds new focus

A computer station featuring electronic literature at the Pioneers of e-Lit exhibit, ELO 2008; photos by Dene Grigar

From “collection, education, connoisseurship” to “potentiality.”

Curating is knowing how to tell the story of the works “well.”

From Vince Dziekan’s Virtuality & the Art of Exhibition, p. 53

Curating involves Aesthetic, Material, & Spatial practices

Curator’s

aesthetic

Audience’s

aesthetic

Space

Material Object

“[T]he new ecological condition of the contemporary museum is multi-platform and distributed along the lines of physical/virtualas well as onsite/online” (56).

Curatorial DesignDeveloping an exhibit that “present[s] perspectives, establish[es] contexts, and provide[s] platforms.”

“artistic autonomy vs.

curatorial co-creation”

An interactive installation presentedat the IDMAa Student Showcase; photo by Dene Grigar

From Vince Dziekan’s Virtuality & the Art of Exhibition, pp. 56-7

Aesthetic Experience• “Browsing” as a “form of engagement”

• “Openness” to encourage “dialogue”

“Placing,” created by Ethan Rose and produced with the help of CMDC students in fall 2010; photo by Liz Wade

In-Class Activity

Directions:

Using the floor plan for Nouspace Gallery and drawing upon what you have learned about Stephanie Strickland’s work, sketch a plan for her retrospective that will provide an aesthetic experience.